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denoting or displaying a state of good, though not excellent, preservation in stamps, books, coins, etc.▪(of gold or silver) containing a specified high proportion of pure metalthe coin is struck in .986 fine gold2. very thin or narrowa fine nylon threadfine flyaway hair▪(of a point) sharpI sharpened the leads to a fine point▪made or consisting of small particlesthe soils were all fine silt▪of delicate or intricate workmanship or structurefine bone china▪(of something abstract) subtle and therefore perceived only with difficulty and carethere is a fine distinction between misrepresenting the truth and lying▪(of a physical faculty) sensitive and discriminatinghe has a fine eye for the detail and texture of social scenery3. (Cricket) directed or stationed behind the wicket and close to the line of flight of the ball when it is bowlednounfinesvery small particles found in mining, milling, etc.adverb1. (informal) in a satisfactory or pleasing manner; very well‘And how's the job-hunting going?’ ‘Oh, fine.’mother and baby are both doing fine2. (Cricket) behind the wicket and close to the line of flight of the ball when it is bowledverb1. (with object) clarify (beer or wine) by causing the precipitation of sediment during production▪ (no object) (of liquid) become clear2. make or become thinner(no object) she'd certainly fined down—her face was thinner3. fine up (no object) (Northern England, Australian and New Zealand English, informal) (of the weather) become bright and clear

phrases

cut it finedo someone finefine feathers make fine birdsa fine linethe finer points of—'s finestone's finer feelingsone's finest hourfine words butter no parsnipsnot to put too fine a point on itone fine day

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fineness

word origin

Middle English: from Old French fin, based on Latin finire ‘to finish’ (see finish)

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UK /fʌɪn/nouna sum of money exacted as a penalty by a court of law or other authoritya parking fineverb (with object) punish (someone) for an illegal or illicit act by making them pay a sum of moneyshe was fined £1500 for driving offences

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fineable

word origin

Middle English: from Old French fin ‘end, payment’, from Latin finis ‘end’ (in medieval Latin denoting a sum paid on settling a lawsuit). The original sense was ‘conclusion’ (surviving in the phrase in fine); also used in the medieval Latin sense, the word came to denote a penalty of any kind, later specifically a monetary penalty

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UK /fiːn/noun (mass noun) 1. French brandy of high quality made from distilled wine rather than from pomace2. short for fine champagne

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UK /ˈfiːneɪ/noun(in musical directions) the place where a piece of music finishes (when this is not at the end of the score but at the end of an earlier section which is repeated at the end of the piece)

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Italian, from Latin finis ‘end’

fine chemicals

plural nounchemical substances prepared to a very high degree of purity for use in research and industryExamplesThese organic acids are fine chemicals that are used in the production of plasticisers, flavourings, fragrances and pharmaceuticals.South AfricanEven in large countries, generic producers frequently had to obtain ingredients such as fine chemicals from producers in other countries.IndianPharmacists at that time purchased fine chemicals and botanicals and compounded their own medications.North AmericanProprietary technologies will target the local production of high value fine chemicals destined for export markets.South African

fine leg

noun (Cricket) 1. a fielding position behind the batter on the leg side, between long leg and square legExamplesBut the first indication of the manner in which he rattled the Pakistanis came when they sent four fielders, stationed at fine leg, square leg, long-on and long-off, to the ropes.BritishRudolph had moved on to 96 when some good fielding at short fine leg found him slipping as he tried to recover his ground, only to be run out four short of the hundred.BritishIn India, off his hips, thighs and toes, to square or fine leg, he flicked with the best of them.BritishThe last ball of the game saw Downton on strike needing two to win, he played the ball to fine leg where it was fielded by Paul Wilson.Australian2. a fielder at fine legExamplesSwing he did but only as high down to fine leg, where Dilley, glancing down swiftly to make sure his feet were firmly inside the boundary line, judged a difficult catch to perfection.BritishA great catch at short fine leg saw the end of Bodi having scored 47 off 43 balls to leave the Titans 18 runs short of the win.BritishThe increasingly desperate Gillespie chucks in a bouncer, but it sits up nicely, allowing Trescothick to swat it to fine leg for four.BritishThen he flips the next ball away to fine leg for four more.British

fine print

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UK /ˌfʌɪn ˈprɪnt/nounanother term for small print

fine-draw

verb (with object) sew together (two pieces of cloth or edges of a tear) so that the join is imperceptiblea table cover composed of cloth fine-drawn together

fine champagne

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UK /fiːn ʃɒmˈpanjə/noun (mass noun) brandy from the Champagne district of the Cognac region of which half or more of the content comes from the central Grande Champagne

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French, ‘fine (brandy from) Champagne’

fine structure

noun (mass noun) 1. the composition of an object, substance, or energy phenomenon as viewed on a small scale and in considerable detailExamplesIt has been suggested that fractals share the following features: fine structure, i.e. detail at arbitrarily small scales; great irregularity; and self similarity i.e. similar forms are repeated at various scales.AustralianWith the very rapid advances in equipment, and particularly in computer technology, our knowledge of the details of the fine structure and workings of the Earth's interior has improved greatly since the 1980s.British2. (Physics) the presence of groups of closely spaced lines in spectra corresponding to slightly different energy levelsExamplesThis fine structure is clearly manifested in the PE spectra.North AmericanA tailored diffuser that spreads the flux over a small range of angles can remove fine structure.North American

in fine

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UK /ɪn ˈfʌɪni/ • UK /ˈfiːneɪ/adverbfinally; in short; to sum upExamplesAnd, in fine, the defects are almost always more tolerable than the change necessary for their removal.In the evening of August 4th, 1789, the Assembly abolished all titles of rank, all the abusive privileges of feudalism, all provincial privileges, and in fine the feudal regimen generally.North American

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Latin

fine feathers make fine birds

fine adjective(proverb) beautiful or expensive clothes may make the wearer seem more impressive than is really the case

fine-drawn

adjective1. extremely thinExamplesHe was no doubt capable of bringing it off, what with his fine-drawn lineaments, his wounded dancer's grace, his streak of flamboyance (which I had to curb repeatedly in his music-making).North American2. subtle

fine-edged

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UK /ˈfʌɪnɛdʒd/adjective(of a knife or tool) having a sharp cutting edgea fine-edged diamond scalpelExamplesWith a fine-edged but murderous knife, Adorno shatters this autonomy.AustralianA chef's knife, fine-edged and non-serrated, is for chopping, dicing, slicing, and mincing.BritishTo keep a premium fine-edged knife in top shape, you should hone its edge with a few strokes of a sharpening steel before each use.BritishThe carvings indicate that they were cut with some very sharp and fine edged tool.Canadian

fine-grained

adjective1. (chiefly of wood) having a fine or delicate arrangement of fibresExamplesBut as high-quality fine-grained wood becomes increasingly expensive, fibreboard is playing a more visible role in interior design.North AmericanThese veneers come from southern European olive trees, which yield a dense, fine-grained wood that is tan in color and marked with dark brown and black pigment lines.North AmericanThat cold spell, which afflicted Europe in the years leading up to Stradivari's time, would have produced a uniquely fine-grained wood, he said.North AmericanThe wood is fine-grained, dense and, because of its natural color, sets off the blued parts nicely.North American▪(chiefly of rock) consisting of small particlesExamplesThe most resistant rocks are quartzite and quartz-rich sandstones, and tough fine-grained rocks such as slate.BritishIn one drift there was an ore car from which we could take samples of pale gray, fine-grained rock with traces of disseminated purple fluorite, not very exciting for my son, who wanted to see real gold.North AmericanSlate is a dense, porous, fine-grained rock that has a natural, generally gray-green color.North AmericanThey build up on sheltered exposures of fine-grained, porous pyrite-bearing rocks, such as shale or bituminous coal, after long dry spells.North American2. involving great attention to detailfine-grained analysisExamplesTo achieve this fine-grained control, detailed, real-time, asynchronous messages are sent back and forth.North AmericanThe information is calibrated in fine-grained detail at localised levels; it is reliable and can be protected.AustralianThe merits of the essays on such fine-grained details are inversely proportional to their scope.CanadianWith acceptance, new constructive principles appear, supplementing pure logical deduction from fine-grained analysis as irreducible explanations of observed phenomena.North American

fine-tune

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UK /fʌɪnˈtjuːn/verb (with object) make small adjustments to (something) in order to achieve the best or a desired performancethey can fine-tune the computer programs to focus on a small region of spaceExamplesThe two men spent at least half-an-hour helping the students adjust and fine-tune their spurs.North AmericanWeariness from the frequent travel and a desire to fine-tune his golf game were his reasons.North American

fine-tooth comb

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UK /ˌfʌɪntuːθ ˈkəʊm/also fine-toothed combnoun1. a comb with narrow teeth that are close togetherExamplesComb gel through with a fine-toothed comb and let hair dry naturally.North AmericanNit combs are fine-toothed combs which can remove the tiny eggs laid by lice.British2. (in singular) used with reference to a very thorough search or analysis of somethingSee also toothcombthey went through the house with a fine-tooth combExamples‘It's my fault for not going through it with a fine-tooth comb,’ Wells observed.BritishThe planners' report goes over the city's Official Plan with a fine-tooth comb to discover numerous reasons why this kind of development is inappropriate for the neighbourhood and inconsistent with all the city's planning intentions.Canadian

fine needle aspiration

noun (mass noun) (Medicine) a procedure in which a thin needle is used to draw cells or fluid from a lump or mass under the skinExamplesWe report a case of nodular cervical thymic tissue in an infant diagnosed by fine needle aspiration.North AmericanWe describe an infant with an asymptomatic cervical thymic mass diagnosed by fine needle aspiration.North AmericanOutpatient pathological sampling of a palpable lymph node is performed by fine needle aspiration cytology.BritishSperm may be obtained from the testicle using needle biopsy or fine needle aspiration.North American

fine-structure constant

noun (Physics) a fundamental and dimensionless physical constant, equal to approximately 1/137, which occurs in expressions describing the fine structure of atomic spectraExamplesSome of these constants, such as the fine-structure constant, are dimensionless and are not expressed in terms of units.North AmericanThe researchers concluded that the fine-structure constant might well be constant, and that the variation seen in the prior work was highly unlikely.North AmericanEven atomic clocks can detect drifts in the fine-structure constant only over days or, at most, years.North AmericanAs already noted, the fine-structure constant controls the spectral patterns made by elements.North American

cut it fine

also cut things finefine adjectiveallow a very small margin of something, especially timeboys who have cut it rather fine are scuttling into chapelExamplesThey're cutting things fine in Athens as the jackhammers around the main stadium mix with the sounds of rehearsals for the Opening Ceremony.AustralianThe airport bus wasn't due to leave for 20 minutes, and it was already 6: 10, which was going to be cutting it fine for a 7pm flight.Australian‘You're cutting it fine,’ said a thin man with dry lips.BritishWe had the turf remover for three hours which was cutting it fine - especially since the thing kept stalling if you didn't have the choke out, but wouldn't cut turf if you did.British

fine-spun

adjective(especially of fabric) fine or delicate in textureExamplesD' Auvergne had ended the argument by buying some fine-spun linen and demanding that Jeanette make it into something suitable.North AmericanHis near contemporary, the shy and upright Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule that allowed Britain to corner the market in fine-spun cottons.BritishDuring these meetings he was breathtakingly handsome with his hair like true fine-spun gold.North AmericanHe held the fine-spun silk of a tunic which seemed to have been inspired by the ethereal togas of the goddesses in Greek art.North AmericanThe fabric was so fine-spun it threatened to catch and tear on the fingers holding it, so light it could have flown away at any moment.North American

ultra-fine

adjectiveextremely fine in size, texture, composition, etc.ultra-fine particles which are invisible to the naked eyethe sand is ultra-fine, like dustExamplesThe line I've been using by the way is 4lb Maxima, which is not ultra-fine diameter.BritishThe ultra-fine filter is a boon to brewers who need to remove cloudy yeast residues.BritishAn ultra-fine muslin or nylon curtain will do the job perfectly.BritishThis satin smooth and ultra-fine formula applies easily to the skin to create definition and structure.North American

do someone fine

fine adjectivesuit or be enough for someoneExamplesSo it looks like my theory that an 800 seater would do us fine with plenty of room for people who showed up on the day might have been a little over-optimistic.BritishI still ‘sleep fast ‘- 5-6 hours, but it seems to do me fine.’North AmericanIf we finish one place behind the European qualification places it would do me fine.BritishAnd yes, I know that the labels don't fit too well but I'm not happy to play games with them; most people know what you mean by pop and classical and that'll do me fine.BritishI'd rather be sitting on a sun lounger in Cyprus wondering which restaurant to go to for a long boozy lunch, but for now, Monday morning at home will do me fine.BritishGraham seems to think that a cheap laptop plugged into the holiday camp network will do me fine.British

a fine line

fine adjectivea subtle distinction between two concepts or situationsthere's a fine line between humour and inappropriatenesshe was treading a fine line and it wouldn't be too long before he finally overstepped the markExamplesIn Riyadh, the absolute monarchy of Saudi Arabia walks a fine line to maintain power.AustralianEach of them knows he walks a fine line.North American

one fine day

fine adjectiveat some unspecified or unknown timeone fine day he decided to take an apartment in RomeExamplesAnd once we get down to improving our infrastructure, which includes good roads, uninterrupted power supply, a good international airport, which is going to happen one fine day, then we can say we are nearly there.IndianNormal service resumes… oh, I don't know… one fine day.BritishThen one fine day, a boy called Rocky almost proved me wrong.IndianSo one fine day, the moody tusker decides that he wants to take over the rat holes near his lair and starts killing the rats one by one.Indian

ja well no fine

ja exclamation (South African English, informal) used to express a non-committal, resigned, or ironic attitudeExamplesJa, well no fine! Just been to Lesotho two weeks ago, hey? Mmmm, you like the place, hey? Ja, boet, it's the best!South AfricanErm, ja, well, no, fine officer. My son must have stolen it, for I never knew about it. And I certainly never used it!South African

fine words butter no parsnips

fine adjective(proverb) nothing is achieved by empty promises or flattery

a fine kettle of fish

kettle noun (informal) an awkward state of affairswhen Carla was back in Rome, she found a fine kettle of fishExamplesJason must inform her that he's gotten himself into a fine kettle of fish by taking over the reigns from Sonny.North American

superfine

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UK /ˈsuːpəfʌɪn/ • UK /ˌsuːpəˈfʌɪn/adjective1. of especially high qualitysuperfine cotton shirtings2. (of fibres or an instrument) very thinsuperfine tweezers▪consisting of especially small particlessuperfine face powder

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late 16th century (in the sense ‘excessively elegant’): from super- ‘to a high degree’ + fine

chance would be a fine thing

chance noun (British English, informal) expressing a speaker's belief that something is desirable but the opportunity is unlikely to arise‘You should come to the cafe with us.’ ‘Chance would be a fine thing.’ExamplesThe chance would be a fine thing - with Wellington boots on!BritishBut chance would be a fine thing, say Labour MPs.British

have something down to a fine art

also get something down to a fine artfine art nounachieve a high level of skill or accomplishment in a particular activity through experienceMike had got the breakfast routine down to a fine artExamplesThat was a real skill and Ray had it down to a fine art.BritishThe Americans have showers down to a fine art - an invigorating deluge of hot water, the spacious cubicle and a watertight door.British

not to put too fine a point on it

fine adjectiveto speak bluntlynot to put too fine a point on it, your Emily is a liar

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figuratively, with reference to the sharpening of a weapon, tool, etc.ExamplesFor short stories are wonderful in this respect: they are, as the name of the genre strongly suggests, short, unlike novels, which, in comparison with most typical short stories, are, not to put too fine a point on it, long.